A seventeen-year-old intern at NASA, Wolf Cukier, discovered a unique circumbinary planet, TOI-1338 b, orbiting two stars. His diligent analysis of TESS data revealed an anomaly in light curves, leading to this significant find. This discovery paved the way for identifying a second planet in the same system, highlighting the crucial role of human observation in scientific breakthroughs.
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In 2019, a NASA intern scanning star data noticed a tiny glitch and uncovered a world orbiting two suns
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